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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 24:20-31

Most of the Levites here named were mentioned before, 1 Chron. 23:16-23 They were of those who were to attend the priests in the service of the house of God. But they are here mentioned again as heads of the twenty-four courses of Levites (and about so many are here named), who were to attend the twenty-four courses of the priests: they are therefore said to cast lots over against their brethren (so they are called, not their lords), the sons of Aaron, who were not to lord it over God's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 24:20-30

And the rest of the sons of Levi were these ,.... Who were not priests, only Levites; and from hence, to 1 Chronicles 24:30 their names are given; of the sons of Amram, Shubael, and his son Jehdeiah; Rehabiah the son of Eleazar, and Isshiah the son of Rehabiah; of the Izharites, so called from Izhar, the brother of Amram, Shelomoth, and his son Jahath; and of the sons of Hebron, another brother of Amram, Jeriah, Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam; of the sons of Uzziel, another brother of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 24:31

These likewise cast lots over against their brethren, the sons of Aaron ,.... These, being divided into twenty four classes also, cast lots, which class should answer to, attend upon, and serve the first course of the priests, and which the second, and so on. And this they did in the same solemn and public manner as the priests had done: in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites ; as in 1 Chronicles 24:6 . ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 24:26

The sons of Merari - It is remarkable that not a word is here spoken of the family of Gershom. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 24:31

These likewise cast lots - The Levites were divided into twenty-four orders; and these were appointed by lot to serve under the twenty-four orders of the priests: the first order of Levities under the first order of priests, and so on. The meaning is not very clear: "both elder and younger," says Bishop Patrick, "had their places by lot, not by seniority of houses. They who were of greater dignity drew lots against those who were of less; and were to take their courses according to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 24:20

The rest of the sons of Levi designated here are explained sufficiently clearly by 1 Chronicles 24:30 . They were those who were not of the sons of Aaron, not priests, but whose "office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord" ( 1 Chronicles 23:28 ), for certain specified work, some of which was of the more menial character. These, of course, do not exhaust the whole of the non-priestly Levites; for we read distinctly in the following two chapters of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 24:21

Rehabiah . This name marks the line of Moses, in the person of his younger son, Eliezer, father of Rehabiah. And the practical result of these two verses is to give us the two "chiefs," or heads, or representatives, Jehdeiah and Isshiah , both Amramites. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 24:22

Jahath . Here follows in order after the Amramites, Jahath, a descendant from Izhar, Kohath's second son ( 1 Chronicles 23:12 , 1 Chronicles 23:18 ), through Shelomoth (otherwise Shelemith). This Jahath furnishes for us the third name of this series of "other sons of Levi." And Keil plausibly argues, from the absence of these three names from the list of 1 Chronicles 23:6 , 1 Chronicles 23:23 , that, while that list is occupied with fathers' houses, this list is occupied with the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 24:23

This verse is manifestly imperfect. What is necessary to fill up the evident gaps is to be found, however, in 1 Chronicles 23:19 ; also the pointed allusion to the time of David, in 1 Chronicles 26:31 , is deserving of especial notice. The four names of this verse, then, are descendants of Kohath's third son, Hebron ( 1 Chronicles 23:12 ). read more

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